Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-21
AN OCEAN HORROR.
UPWARD OF TWO HUNDRED LIVES
SACRIFICED.
"A passenger Steamer Run Down of
the English Coast Heartrend-
ing Scenes Described.
iafECAL DrsTArcHEs TO THE RrooRD-uNros.l

LONDON, November 2Oth-The Durch
steamer Scholten, Captain Taat, which
left Rotterdam yesterday for New York.
was sunk by collision with the steamer
Rosa Mary off Hartlepool at eleven o'clock
last night, ten miles off Dover. The Schol-
ten carried complement of 23O passengers
and crew. The steamer Ebro of Sunder-
land, rescued ninety Of the crew and pas
sengers. and landed them at the Sailors
Home, Dover. One hundred and forty of
the passengers are missing. Five passen-
gers and child of the party brought to
Dover were found dead from exposure. 1t
is hoped that passing vessels have rescued
the missing ones. The Scholten's masts
are visible from Dover pier.
Boats have left Dover bound in all
directions for the purpose of saving life and
property, if possible. The Rosa Mary is
anchored off Ramsgate with her bow stove
in
USELESS BOATS.
p. Mp to this hour TWENTY-FIVE
bodies from the Scholten have been landed
at Dover. The Scholten left Rotterdam on
Saturday morning. At the time of the ac-
cident dense fog prevailed. The Scholten
was struck on the port bow by the Rosa
Mary. Immediately after the shock was
felt the Scholten's passengers, alllof whom
had retired for the night, rushed on deck in
their night-gowns. Boats were promptly
ordered lowered, but it was found that
only two were available. Three others
were useless, and were not lowered. The
water rushed swiftly through the hole in
the bow and
TERRIBLE SCENE ENsUED
The panic-stricken passengers uttered
piercing shrieks, and many fell upon their
knees and prayed aloud Little children
clung to their mothers, who, themselves
| were shrieking with terror
The officers were cool and self-possessed,
and remained on the bridge to the last.
Several persons procured life-belts and
leaped into the sea-
Within twenty minutes of the shock the
Scholten was engulfed. All those who
had put on hfe-belts t1oated, and were res
cued by boats from the steamer Ebro.
which cruised around until o'clock in
the morning. Many of the rescued lost
wives, husbands, brothers and sisters. The
survivors were supplied with clothes, and
| everything possible done to insure their
comfort
N.
The passengers accounts differ regard
ing the circumstances of the collision, and
| the reports of the officers of the Scholten
clash with those of the officers of the Rosa
Mary. Some of the passengers state that
most OF the passengers had retired to their
hunks and that only few remained in the
| saloon when the tremendous crash was
heard on the port bow. They say it is i'm
possible that the collision could have oc-
| CURED by the Scholten striking an an
chored vessel.
The second mate of the Scholten reports
that he was on deck, when he saw an I'M
| known steamer coming through the fog.
Before anything could be done the Schol-
ten was struck in the fore-rigging and port
bow. The other vessel, which he now pre-
sumes was the Rosa Mary. backed off and
disappeared. Within twenty minutes the
Scholten sank
The Captain of the Rosa Mary states that
his vessel was run into while anchored
southeast of South Sandhead, by an un-
kHown steamer. Finding that the Rosa
Mary was damaged, he proceeded to Dover
Roads, where the vessel is now docked.
The Rosa Mary was laden with coal for
st. Nazaire.
THE RESCUED PASSENGERS.
Following is the list of passengers landed
at Dover: Sarah Zuherman, Caroline Null
| Ter, Carl Miller, Svet Catzelime, Fred Step
| ney, Sara Gold, Maria Stelser, T. Robinson,
Vandam Feyebrum, ,Contiiohan Binderman,
| Reich Promhof, Albert Hensler, Madelana
| Simiel, Anna Conig, c. Andeartte, Judi Le-
vense, II. Pastinor, S. Wrenie, E. Sisskiy,
| G. s. Alpser, l. S. Ebotte, L. Suscarich,
Charles Miles, A. F. Bergstein, G. Appleby,
| Pekel Ichottmeider F. Wrema, Francois
| Reiter, S. Gerung, c. T. Eskler, Meyer
| Schatsneider, l.. Strick, Barbara Sputz,
| Maria Hobelsbergen.
| ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-Two MISSING.
According to the latest statements there
| were 30 persons on board the Scholten,
| leaving 132 drowned and missing The
| First Mate and Fourth Engineer have been
| identified among the dead.
The Scholten lies four miles from the
| Admiralty pier.
DISTRESSING SCENES AND INCIDENTS
Among the bodies identified at Dover are
| those of Mrs. Lebenstein, Henry Blanc,
| Burstig Friedman, Solomon Goldschmidt
and John Koeule. The bodies are distorted.
showing that death was caused by violence,
and not by drowning.
One of those saved is Monte Coils, from
| the Tyrol. He states that the scenes on
| the sinking ship were terrible. The steer
age passengers, stricken with terror, ran
about the deck in wild confusion The
Captain tried his utmost to restore order,
| but without effect. The passengers rushed
| for the boats, and it was with the greatest
difficulty the officers could keep them from
jumping in and sinking them. Coils was
| in the water two hours. When taken out
| he was greatly exhausted, owing to the ex-
| treme cold and his efforts to keep afloat
after the vessel sunk.
The cries of persons in the water could
| be heard for long time in all directions.
PASSENGERS STORY.
George Myre, passenger, states that
when the crash occurred a general rush
was made for the deck. II was told that
nothing serious had occurred" said he,
9 but | secured life-belt. There were six
English passengers on board, and one OF
these, girl, asked US to keep in a group,
that the English might go down to-
| gether. | was in the water a long time
before being picked up. When the Scholten
sank the cries were heart-rending The
Captain OF the Ebro, the rescuiDg vessel,
behaved nobly. He had all his deck-load
of timber thrown overheard, and this iu-
dicious act saved many lives. Only two of
the Scholtens boats were lowered. The
| others could not be got adrift. / do not
know whether this was due to any fault on
board. The vessel listed over so much that
all the boats could not be dropped into the
water. People rushed about in the greatest
state of excitement, all trying to get places
in the two boats which had been success
fully lowered. The scare and disorder pre-
vented many persons being saved. The
| water was freezing cold, and this hastened
| the death of many, rendering them power
less.'
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
| Charles Mills, of Red Hill, Surrey, says
| The lifeboats appeared as il they bad not
| been used for long time. They had to be
chopped away with axes. called out to
| those on the bridge to fire rockets. 1t was
| long time before they did. The greatest
confusion prevailed, The ship was right
over on her port side before they fired the
! rockets. waited until the water touched
| the boilers, putting out the fires. Then l
got hold of belt, but a Dutch sailor
| snatched it away. We were all mixed to-
| gether-foreigners and English clinging to
one another in the water / saw several
| drowned in this way, and had the greatest
difficulty to keep clear of them. l gave a
| spar to woman to hold on to- The sail
| ors wanted to save themselves, and even
| thrust women aside | can swim we'll and